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WEPTY013 | Cs2Te Photocathode Performance in the AWA High-charge High-gradient Drive Gun | 3283 |
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Funding: U.S. Dept of Energy Office of Science under contract number DE-AC02-06CH11357 The unique high-charge L-band, 1.3 GHz, 1.5 cell gun for the new 75 MeV drive beam is in operation at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator (AWA) facility (see M.E. Conde, this proceedings.) The high-field (> 80 MV/m) photoinjector has a large area, high QE Cesium telluride photocathode (diameter > 30 mm). The photocathode, a crucial component of the upgraded facility, is fabricated on-site. The photoinjector generates high-charge, short pulse, single bunches (Q > 100 nC) and long bunch-trains (Q > 600 nC) for wakefield experiments. The performance of the photocathode for the AWA drive gun is detailed. Quantum efficiency (QE) measurements indicate long, stable photocathode lifetime under demanding conditions. |
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TUPMA042 | THz Radiation Generation in a Multimode Wakefield Structure | 1929 |
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Funding: Work supported by the Department of Energy SBIR program under Contract #DE-SC0009571 A number of methods for producing sub-picosecond beam microbunching have been developed in recent years. A train of these bunches is capable of generating THz radiation via multiple mechanisms like transition, Cherenkov and undulator radiation. We utilize a bunch train with tunable spacing to selectively excite high order TM0n - like modes in a multimode structure. In this paper we present experimental results obtained at the Accelerator Test Facility of Brookhaven National Laboratory. |
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TUPMA043 | Experimental Test of Semiconductor Dechirper | 1932 |
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Funding: Work supported by the Department of Energy SBIR program under Contract #DE-SC0006299 We report the observation of de-chirping of a linearly chirped (in energy) electron bunch by its passage through a 4 inch long rectangular waveguide loaded with two silicon bars 0.25 inch thick and 0.5 inch wide. Silicon being a semiconductor has a conductivity that allows it to drain the charge fast in case if some electrons get intercepted by the dechirper. At the same time the conductivity is low enough for the skin depth to be large (on the order of 1 cm) making the silicon loaded waveguide a slow wave structure supporting wakefields that dechirp the beam. |
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WEAD1 | Commissioning and Recent Experimental Results at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator Facility (AWA) | 2472 |
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Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. The commissioning of the upgraded AWA facility has been recently completed. The L-band electron gun has been fully commissioned and has been successfully operated with its Cesium Telluride photocathode at a gradient of 80 MV/m. Single bunches of up to 100 nC, and bunch trains of up to 32 bunches have been generated. The six new pi-mode accelerating cavities bring the beam energy to 75 MeV. Initial measurements of the beam parameters have been performed. This intense beam has been used to drive high gradient wakefields in several structures. A second beamline provides electron bunches to probe the wakefields generated by the intense drive beam. One of the main goals of the facility is to generate short RF pulses with GW power levels, corresponding to accelerating gradients of hundreds of MV/m and energy gains on the order of 100 MeV per structure. |
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WEPJE006 | Dielectric Wakefield Accelerator Experiments at ATF | 2681 |
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Funding: This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy through the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Dielectric wakefield acceleration (DWA) presents us with means to achieve the accelerating gradient high above the limits of conventional accelerators. In a typical DWA scheme a higher energy lower charge main bunch is accelerated in the wakefield produced by a preceding lower energy higher charge drive bunch inside of a hollow metal-encapsulated dielectric tube. To make use of as much energy of the drive bunch as possible, it is highly important that all parts of it decelerate uniformly. Close to uniform drive bunch deceleration can be achieved if its current is properly shaped.* At Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) at BNL we shaped the current of a chirped electron beam with an adjustable mask placed inside of the highly dispersive region in the magnetic dogleg. We passed the shaped beam current through a quartz tube and observed the beam particles’ energy modulation at the tube’s output with a spectrometer. By tuning the mask we were able to control the beam energy modulation and thus the wakefield profile in the tube. * B. Jiang, C. Jing, P. Schoessow, J. Power, and W. Gai, PRSTAB 15, 011301 (2012). |
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WEPJE020 | The Two Beam Acceleration Staging Experiment at Argonne Wakefield Accelerator Facility | 2714 |
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Funding: DoE SBIR Program Staging, defined as the accelerated bunch in a wakefield accelerator continues to gain energy from sequential drive bunches, is one of the most critical technologies, yet be demonstrated, required to achieve high energy. Using the Two Beam Acceleration (TBA) beamline at Argonne Wakefield Accelerator facility, we will perform a staging experiment using two X-band TBA units. The experiment is planned to conduct in steps. We report on the most recent progress. |
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WEPMN015 | Dark Current Imaging Experiment in an L-band RF Gun | 2952 |
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The localized high electric field enhancement or low work function is the trigger for strong field emission, which however has yet been well experimentally studied. Using an L-band photocathode gun test stand at Argonne Wakefield Accelerator Facility (AWA), we’ve constructed an imaging beam line to observe field emission current from predefined emitters on cathode. Preliminary experiment results are present. Future plan is discussed. | ||
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WEPMN016 | Observation of Dark Current Dependence on Stored Energy in an L-Band RF Gun | 2956 |
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A pin cathode has been installed into an L-band photocathode gun to study the influence of stored energy on field emission. The stored energy was varied by tuning the recess of the cathode in order to have the same E-field on the cathode tip. We have observed 5 times difference of dark current level at the same E-field, while by varying the stored energy by three fold. Dynamics study reveals the difference is not caused by transmission, but by emission process itself. We'll present experiment results and discuss possible mechanisms about the phenomena. | ||
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WEPMN017 | High Power RF Radiation at W-band Based on Wakefields Excited by Intense Electron Beam | 2960 |
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We report the experiment design and preliminary results on high power RF generation at W-band based on coherent wakefields from the metallic periodic structure of 91 GHz PETS (power extraction and transfer structure), excited by intense electron beam at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator (AWA) facility. The recently output RF power is 0.7 MW, with 67 MeV, 1.4 nC single electron beam going through the structure. The RF pulse length is 3.4 ns. We measure the energy loss of electron beam as reference to the RF generation, which agrees well with the simulation results. Next run is to increase the output RF power with higher charge and to excite coherent wakefields with electron bunch train. The output RF peak power is expected to be ~100 MW and the electrical field gradient can reach up to 400 MV/m, with RF pulse duration adjustable from few ns to 30 ns when excited with 5~10 nC charge in a single bunch and up to 32 sub bunches in total. | ||
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